Dozier
Elementary’s goal is continue to provide and/or encourage technology growth
through ongoing professional development and resources necessary for the
successful integration of technology into our educational system.

Dozier
Elementary is a Pre K through 5th Grade elementary school in Erath,
Louisiana and Vermilion Parish. Our current faculty consists of a Principal,
an Assistant Principal, one counselor, one curriculum facilitator, twenty six
classroom teachers, nine “non classroom” educators and six paraprofessionals. Dozier
has one technology specialist and one technology coach. Dozier Elementary has
554 students.

In
the fall of 2009, Dozier Elementary was relocated back to the original school
campus (415 West Primeaux) since Hurricane Rita’s 2005 flooding damages forced
the school into FEMA buildings (12725 North Road, Erath). In the years since
2005, the school has worked hard continuing to build their technology program
in terms of equipment and staff development, despite the obstacles of being a
displaced school and movement (four times) since 2005. Teachers have attended
workshops, sessions and conferences. Of the 36 Educators during the 2009-2010
year, 29 have completed INTECH. Seventeen teachers have
taken ETI or LaTel Courses. Others have participated in software workshops
after school or those offered at the Central Office. Our goal for faculty and
staff members is continued growth through professional development technology
courses.

Moodle
is a new online service which is being used as a daily communication tool
between administrators, faculty and staff members. Dozier Elementary has a school
Moodle account in
which the Principal and Assistant Principal communicate daily announcements. .
In addition teachers are able to access information and documents from their
supervisors at our district office. The teachers are using the Moodle site to communicate
by emailing faculty member via Moodle as well.

The
Dozier Elementary Technology Specialist and Coach also maintain a separate
Dozier Elementary Technology Moodle site with tech
updates, notes and courses in an attempt for teacher and school wide technology
growth each year. The site has continuing and updated information on a regular
basis.

In
an attempt to share online technology projects with one another and parents, Dozier
Elementary has an “Eye
on Tech” website corner to share with the community. The site has been
available for four years and includes student work, photographs and technology
teacher sessions, all of which has enhanced the school technology program. One recent
school wide project in the winter of 2009-2010 involved every classroom
contributing electronic items (written passages, digital photographs or flip
camera videos) for the 2060
Time Capsule program.

Fifteen
Dozier Elementary Teachers currently have personal updated websites with
two more to be started in the spring of 2010. All educators have updated their
OnCourse websites this past year. All of these resources and professional
development will be used to provide students and with the technologies needed
for successful technology integration.

Current
Technology Infrastructure:

Network
100MB to desktop, 30 MB to Internet

·Dozier Elementary currently has one school server
with individual teacher and student folders.

·All classrooms, offices, and the cafeteria are networked
with CAT 5 and have access to our Central Office servers as well as the
Internet

Proposed
Technology Projects and Upgrades:

·Dozier Elementary will provide in
house technology staff development sessions as needs arise for new resources or
to help lessen the gap between new technologies and teacher’s knowledge.
(Sessions may be before, during or after school) Plans have been made for
updates on Promethean Board sessions, school visitations and an Activotes
session in the fall of 2010. Software sessions have been offered to the staff
members. Sessions will be set up according to needs. (Kidspiration 3, Kidsworks
Deluxe, Writer’s Companion, Inspiration 8, Timeliner 5.0, MS Office 2007 and
more) Dozier Elementary’s Technology Moodle site has more information about
software and to do online sessions.As a follow up to
staff development teachers are allowed to go and observe teachers in our school
or within our parish a lesson that involves the Promethean Board.

·Professional Development will
continue to be encouraged at the State, Parish, Regional and School Level. Funding
will be used if available when courses require payment. Teachers will be
notified and encouraged to attend LACUE, as well as free conferences such
Regional LACUE and courses offered by the district. Emails or messages will be
posted in Moodle to notify teachers of upcoming events.

·Classroom computers or nComputing
will be purchased for classrooms when funding is readily available through
fundraising projects. Grants applications will be completed to try and acquire
computers and/or nComputing systems. Suzette Stutes, a
current 5th grade teacher has applied for a laptop through DonorsChoose.org.

·When and if funds are available
through fundraising or grants, Promethean ACTIVotes
will be purchased for the school. Teachers could use the current Technology Calendar to
check out.

·When and if funds are available
through fundraising or grants, flip cameras or digital cameras will be acquired
or purchased for teachers to use for multimedia projects.

·Dozier Elementary Principal set
up a “Dozier
Digital Wish List” Site to help acquire more digital tools (cameras, flip
cameras, etc).through donations online.

·A few Dozier Elementary teachers
have also registered for items through Digital Wish (See list here). School leaders and tech coordinators will guide
teachers to set up accounts to help acquire more technology tools.

·If funds are available through
fundraising or grants, Dozier Elementary would like to acquire an additional Mobile
Lab. Currently all teachers are being entered in the Discovery Channel Wireless
Contest daily. Grant sites and contests are being researched for more possibilities
to gain more lap tops in the school.

Action Steps 1: Strengthen Leadership

Leaders at all
levels will support systemic change through transformational leadership while
monitoring effective use of instructional technology which supports standards-based
school improvement efforts.

Current
Status:

1.One
person from each school is appointed Technology Specialist to help teachers
with technical issues and/or serving as the person to communicate technical
problems at the school.

2.Average
of one Technology Coach at each school to help with technology integration
activities, ideas and problems.

3.Principal
and assistant principal use technology regularly in their work and completely
support technology integration into the classroom.

4.School
currently has a team of technology representatives to help with various
technology tasks at the school level.

Benchmarks,
Target Year 2014

Educational administrators/leaders will be
technology proficient according to state adopted standards found in the
International Society for Technology in Education’s National Educational
Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A).

Current educational administrators/leaders
will participate in leadership professional development offered by the
Louisiana Department of Education.

Current educational administrators/leaders
will be encouraged to use technology to effectively monitor and evaluate
teachers.

All newly appointed educational
administrators/leaders will participate in ongoing professional
development designed to develop/strengthen leadership skills and provide
support during the first years of service.

Educational administrators/leaders will
routinely model appropriate use of technology resources to support
administrative and instructional functions.

Educational administrators/leaders will
include components of effective technology integration in the development
of school improvement plans.

Leaders
will participate in ongoing professional development activities such as,
but not limited to: LEADTECH, Educational Leader Induction, LA LEADS
local workshops and/or inservices.

Annually

School
Leaders

Monitoring
the implementation of technology-based applications for maintaining and
reporting student grades, attendance records, scheduling, and other
necessary record keeping.

Annually

School
Leaders

School
leaders will provide opportunities for teachers to gather and share ways
in which that have integrated technology into the curriculum.

Annually

School
Leaders

Leaders
will appoint and participate in school technology committee on a yearly
basis.

Annually

School
Leaders

With
funding available, leaders will allow teachers to participate in professional
development technology conferences and share information gathered from
meetings, workshops or conventions.

Annually

School
Leaders

School
leaders will model and use email and Moodle to communicate with all
faculty members on a regular basis.

Daily
use of Moodle, Email when needed

School
Leaders

Evaluation
Strategies and Timeline

Evaluation
Strategy

Frequency

Timeline

State
Technology Survey and documentation of Professional Development
workshops or sessions.

Annually

May

Monitoring
will take place with electronic programs such as JPAMS, OnCourse,
Moodle, etc.

Daily/Weekly

May

Documentation
of meetings with dates and topics shared.

Annually

May

Action Step 2:
Improve Teacher Training

Teachers will
participate in effective professional development to ensure that technology and
other educational resources available in schools are being used to enhance
student learning.

Current Status:

At
this time, district workshops are offered for all staff at the parish
training center during and after school as well as during the summer.
Topics include the use of hardware and software for various administrative
tasks relative to their job functions and teacher training.

Annual
three day Summer Technology Coaches Camp and a one day technology
specialist workshop are held each summer.

District
inservices are currently held twice a year which include sessions on
technology resources and integration.

Onsite
professional development workshops on various topics of interest or
specific software are offered before or after school upon request.

Regional
Technology Conference sessions are offered for teachers through the TLTC
IV Center.

Funding provided for teachers and administrators to
attend state and/or national computer conferences (LACUE, NECC) to develop
leaders in technology integration are currently provided by EETT federal
funds.

Faculty and staff members will engage in professional
development activities which mesh National Technology Standards, technology
integration and the current Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum.

Teachers will engage in professional
development that includes both online and face-to-face meetings either at
the school/district/regional or state level.

Teachers will participate in professional
learning that facilitates the integration of technology into student
learning through study groups, district sessions, etc.

Pre-service teachers will participate in
technology integrated courses designed to model best practices in
integrating technology into the Comprehensive Curriculum or locally
adopted curriculum.

All teachers and teacher preparation faculty
will be trained in software that uses technology to perform administrative
tasks efficiently. (i.e., digital records, such as electronic
gradebooks, lesson plans, attendance)

Teachers
who attend professional development trainings will share technology ideas
and resources from the sessions they attend at faculty meetings, study
groups during in school technology meetings.

Strategies:

Strategy

Timeline

Person
Responsible

1.Encourage
technology professional development and sharing at the school level once
teachers attend technology based workshops, sessions, as well as having the
technology leaders in the school share information from technology sessions.

Ongoing

School
and technology leaders

2.Provide
opportunities for educators through study groups, district sessions, etc. to
enhance their educational technology knowledge and skills by developing and
providing access to professional development programs, funding stipends and
substitutes, and providing travel assistance.

Ongoing

School
leaders

3.Recommend
and support participation in professional organizations such as LACUE, ISTE
(formerly NECC) or others by providing financial assistance to staff, if
funds are readily available.

Ongoing

School
leaders

4.Provide
substitutes for technology specialists and technology coaches each six weeks
to either meet for planned professional development at the central office or
work within their schools with their teachers as needed.

Ongoing

School
leaders

5.Send
regular email messages and use Moodle to promote productive educational
websites, technology lesson ideas and resources, and instructional
tools. A school Moodle technology geared site for teachers and leaders has
been set up to enhance technology integration and learning experiences for
the Dozier Elementary.

Ongoing

School
leaders, faculty members

Evaluation
Strategies and Timeline

Evaluation
Strategy

Frequency

Timeline

Certificates,
sign in sheets, etc. for Workshop/Sessions Conferences, and technology
staff development at all levels.

In the past five years, there has been
significant growth in organized online instruction (E-learning) and “virtual”
schools, making it possible for students at all levels to receive high quality
supplemental courses or full courses of instruction personalized to their
needs. Traditional schools are turning to these services to expand
opportunities and choices for students and professional development for
teachers.

Current Status:

Only
limited use of online instruction in district schools at the elementary
level.

Only
beginning to use online professional development for teachers

Benchmarks, Target Year, 2014

1. All teachers will work
in Moodle or other online communication resources. Teachers will also use email
to communicate with leaders, other teachers and parents.

2.All school and district administrators
will have experienced online professional development either as a student or
instructor.

Most
public schools, colleges and universities now have access to high-speed,
high-capacity hardware, software, and broadband communications. However,
improved access, usage and integrated, interoperable data systems that are
current and well-maintained could empower educators to transform
teaching.

Computers
in all classrooms (5 students to 1 computer ratio) including labs, library
and mobile computers

160
Computers school wide (Not including lab computers) an additional 45
computers are in labs.

1
Vista

149
- XP

10
-2000 machines

2
Labs

School
Lab has 15 XP lap tops to check out (One half of a 30 lab set up) the
original 30 lap top lab from Chevron was split and LeBlanc Elementary was
given the second set of 15 during the summer of 2009.

1
MAC CLASSROOM Lab (Lori Porter’s room) 30 MACS

49
Printers

3
nComputing Set ups

14
Promethean boards in which teachers attended professional development
courses to receive these boards and software.

Benchmarks,
Target Year 2014

1. Students,
teachers and administrators will have access to computers and appropriate
connectivity in educational settings.

3. At
least eighty percent (80%) of all instructional spaces in PK-12 classrooms will
exhibit a minimal ratio of 4:1 student-to-networked computer, one networked
teacher computer, one networked printer, and a large screen display.

4.
At least eighty five percent (85%) of students will use software packages
including a productivity package, virus protection, and software that promote
open-ended reasoning and higher-order thinking skills.

5.
Students will use age appropriate technology to conduct research, to solve
problems, to analyze data, to collaborate, and to communicate with experts and
peers

Strategies:

Strategy

Timeline

Person Responsible

1.Promote Internet Safety sites and
information available to teachers and parents. Parish link located on the
school website. Librarian (and/or teachers will promote internet safety
lessons)

Ongoing

School leaders, webmaster, librarian and/or teachers

2.Promote timely and sustained teacher
technology support with adequate school and district staff and resources.

Ongoing

School and technology leaders

3.Maintain high-speed, reliable
Internet access and equipment for both teachers and students.

Ongoing

District technology leaders

4.Provide the funds, technology,
bandwidth and storage capabilities to facilitate communication and the
collection and sharing of district created resources.

Ongoing

District technology leaders

Continue
to seek local funding such as property tax and sales tax.

Ongoing

District technology leaders

6.Use data from both administrative
and instructional systems to understand relationship between decisions,
allocation of resources and student achievement.

List the
school’s strengths and weaknesses as identified by data collected.
Percentages listed are the percentage of teachers reporting the item as a
strength or weakness.

System’s
Strengths

System’s
Weaknesses

1.
Projectors in all classrooms

2.
Dozier Elementary has a number of software programs that are useful for
students in the classroom (MS Word, PPT, Kidspiration 3, Kidsworks Deluxe,
Timeliner, Writer's Companion are available to all). Most have Graph Club
from INTECH.

3.
District programs available to all include United Streaming, JPAMS, OnCourse,
Ebasco, Moodle etc.

4.
School Technology team including 4 tech reps, a technology coach and a
technology specialist and the leaders.

5.
Strong community involvement

6.
All but two K-5 Classrooms have set ups with no less than 5 computers (some include
nComputing) and printers.

7.
Most classroom teachers are using technology daily (especially in reading
centers)

7.
Current and updated website to strengthen community ties.

8.
Administrators, teachers and staff members use online communication through
email/Moodle daily.

1.
Needs more teacher professional development either at the school, district,
regional, state or national level workshops.

2.
Not every classroom has Promethean Boards. All teachers need to be trained to
receive one.

3.
Teacher awareness of National Technology Standards.

4.
Some teachers are still using 2000 machines that are fairly slow.

5.
Student technology skills in terms of an overall system

APPENDIX B

Dozier
Elementary School

TECHNOLOGY
PLAN DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS

List the names
and position/affiliation of team members serving on your school’s Technology
Plan Development Team. Team members should include teachers and staff from
various areas and levels, an administrator, a parent and/or community leader,
and a student if grade appropriate.

Dates of
Meetings:
(Keep Sign-in sheets on file at the school)

All
documentation of meetings and online communication is also available in the
Dozier Elementary Technology Moodle account.

NAME

Position
/ Affiliation

Karla Toups

Principal

Natalie
Hebert

Assistant
Principal

Ashlie
Bernard

Pre K
Teacher and Tech Rep

Cecile DuBois

Kindergarten
Teacher, Tech Rep

Lori Porter

4th
Grade Teacher School Tech Coach and Tech Rep

DeEtte Bigot

5th
Grade Teacher, Tech Rep,

Mary Delcambre

Parent

Stacy Bodin

Dozier Elementary
Technology Specialist

Meeting/Communication
Dates

NOTE:
All specific online communication (via email/Moodle) is all located in the
Dozier Elementary Technology Moodle account.